Ambracia (mythology)

Ambracia in ancient Epirus.

In Greek mythology, Ambracia (Ancient Greek: Άμβρακία) was a Oeachalian princess and daughter of King Melaneus, son of Apollo and Oechalia, and the sister of Eurytus.^[1] The city of Ambracia in Epirus was named after her.^[2]

Notes

1. Smith, s.v. Ambracia.
2. Nicander, apud. Antoninus Liberalis, 4.

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.